The most powerful woman you've never heard of | T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison

譯者: Lilian Chiu 審譯者: Melody Tang

T. Morgan Dixon: I would like to tell you about the most powerful woman

T. 摩根迪克森：我要跟各位談的，

是你從未聽過的最強大的女子。

you've never heard of.

This is Septima Clark.

她是塞普蒂馬·克拉克。 記住她的名字：塞普蒂馬·克拉克。

Remember her name: Septima Clark.

Dr. King called her the "the architect of the civil rights movement,"

金恩博士稱她為 「民權運動的建築師」，

because she created something called Citizenship Schools.

因為她創造了公民學校。

在那些學校中，她教導 一般女子很實際的技能，

And in those schools, she taught ordinary women the practical skills

to go back into their communities and teach people to read.

讓她們回到自己的社區 去教大家閱讀。

Because if they could read,

因為如果她們能閱讀，

they could vote.

她們就能投票。

Well, these women took those organizing skills,

這些女子學會了組織能力，

and they became some of the most legendary civil rights activists

她們成為了這個國家前所未見

this country has ever seen.

最傳奇的民權運動家。

Women like Diane Nash.

像黛安·納什這樣的女子。

You may know her.

你們可能知道她。

She orchestrated the entire walk from Selma to Montgomery.

她精心規劃了從塞爾瑪市 到蒙哥馬利市的整個遊行。

She was a cofounder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee,

她是學生非暴力協調委員會的 共同創辦人，

and they integrated lunch counters,

他們整合了午餐櫃台，

and they created the Freedom Rides.

他們創造了自由乘車。

Or you may remember Fannie Lou Hamer,

或者你們可能記得芬妮·露·哈默，

who sat on the floor of the Democratic National Convention

她坐在民主黨 全國代表大會的地板上，

and talked about being beaten in jail cells

敘說她因為協助 密西西比的人民註冊投票，

as she registered people to vote in Mississippi.

在監獄牢房中被毆打的事。

And her most famous student,

她最著名的學生，

Rosa Parks.

羅莎·帕克斯。

She said Septima Clark was the one who taught her

她說是塞普蒂馬·克拉克教她

the peaceful act of resistance.

用和平的方式抗爭。

And when she sat down,

當她坐下時，她鼓舞了大家， 讓整個國家站起來。

she inspired a nation to stand.

These were just three of her 10,000 students.

這些只是她一萬名學生中的三名。

These women stood on the front lines of change,

這些女子站在改變的前線，

and by doing so,

她們藉由她的公民學校

they taught people to read in her Citizenship School model

來教導大家閱讀，

and empowered 700,000 new voters.

讓七十萬人具有投票能力。

And that's not it.

還不只如此。

She created a new culture of social activism.

她創造了社會行動主義的新文化。

Pete Seeger said it was Septima Clark who changed the lyrics

皮特·西格說，是塞普蒂馬·克拉克

改寫了一首古老福音歌曲的歌詞，

to the old gospel song

and made the anthem we all know:

創造出大家都知道的聖歌：

"We Shall Overcome."

《我們終將克服難關》。

Vanessa Garrison: Now, many of you may know us.

凡妮莎·加里森：在座可能 不少人認識我們。

We are the cofounders of GirlTrek,

我們是 GirlTrek 的共同創辦人 ，

the largest health organization for Black women in America.

這是美國黑人女性 最大的健康組織。

Our mission is simple:

我們的使命很簡單：

ask Black women,

請黑人女性

80 percent of whom are over a healthy body weight,

──有八成的黑人女性 體重超過健康標準──

to walk outside of their front door every day

每天走出她們的家門到外頭，

to establish a lifesaving habit of walking;

建立能夠救命的走路習慣。

in doing so, ignite a radical movement

透過這麼做，來點燃 一個能從根本改變的運動，

in which Black women reverse the devastating impacts

讓黑人女性能逆轉

慢性疾病的重大影響，

of chronic disease,

reclaim the streets of their neighborhoods,

重新取回她們鄰坊的街道，

create a new culture of health for their families

為她們的家人創造一種健康新文化，

and stand on the front lines for justice.

以及為了正義而站上前線。

Today, all across America,

現今，在全美國，

more than 100,000 Black women are wearing this GirlTrek blue shirt

超過十萬名黑人女性

穿著 GirlTrek 的藍色上衣，

as they move through their communities --

在她們的社區中走動——

a heroic force.

一股英勇的力量。

We walk in the footsteps of Septima Clark.

我們跟隨著 塞普蒂馬·克拉克的腳步，

She gave us a blueprint for change-making.

她給了我們一張造成改變的藍圖。

One, to have a bold idea,

第一，要有大膽的想法，

bigger than anyone is comfortable with.

大到超出任何人的舒適圈。

To two: root down in the cultural traditions of your community

第二：向下紮根到 你社區的文化傳統中，

and lean heavily on what has come before.

並以過去已經發生的事為借鏡。

To three: name it --

第三：把它說出來——

that one thing that everyone is willing to work hard for;

每個人都願意努力追求的那樣東西；

a ridiculously simple goal that doesn't just benefit the individual

一個非常簡單的目標，

不只是讓個人受惠，

but the village around them.

也讓他們社群一同受惠。

And to, lastly:

最後：

never ask permission to save your own life.

永遠不要等待別人的允許 才來拯救自己的生命。

It is our fundamental right as human beings

解決我們自己的問題

to solve our own problems.

是我們身為人類的基本權利。

TMD: So to the women all out there gathered in your living rooms,

T：讓我跟所有聚集在妳的客廳裡、

rooting for us, acting crazy on social media right now --

支持我們，現在在社交媒體上做出 瘋狂行為的女性們說句話——

we see you.

我們看見妳們了。（笑聲）

(Laughter)

We see you every day. We love you.

我們每天都看見妳們。 我們愛妳們。

You are not alone,

妳們並不孤單，

and our bigger work starts now.

我們更大的工作從現在開始。

VG: You got us onto this stage --

凡：妳們讓我們站上這個舞台——

your leadership;

妳們的領導力；

auditing blighted streets in Detroit;

仔細檢查底特律的雜亂街區；

working with hospitals and health care systems in Harlem;

在哈林區和醫院及健康照護體系合作；

praying over the streets of Sacramento, Charlotte, Brooklyn, Flint

在沙加緬度、夏洛特、 布魯克林、弗林特，

and every community that has seen trauma;

以及曾經看見創傷的 每個社區街道上禱告；

changing traffic patterns, making your streets safer;

改變交通模式， 讓你們的街道更安全；

and most importantly,

還有最重要的，

standing as role models.

以身作則扮演典範。

And it all started with your commitment to start walking,

這些都始於妳們決定 開始走路的承諾、

your agreement to organize your friends and family

同意組織妳們的朋友和家人，

and your belief in our broader mission.

以及相信我們更廣大的任務使命。

TMD: It's important to me that everyone in this room understands

T：對我來說，很重要的是 在座的每個人都完全了解

GirlTrek 是如何造成改變。

exactly how change-making works in GirlTrek.

One well-trained organizer has the power to change the behavior

一位訓練良好的組織者 有能力可以改變

of 100 of her friends.

她的一百位朋友的行為。

We know that is true,

我們很確定，

because the [1,000] women blowing up social media right now

因為現在有一千位女性 在社交媒體上掀起浪潮，

have already inspired over 100,000 women to walk.

已經鼓舞了超過 十萬名女性開始走路。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

But that is not nearly enough.

但這還很不足夠。

And so our goal is to create critical mass.

所以，我們的目標 是要創造群聚效應。

And in order to do that,

為了做到這一點，

we have an audacious plan to scale our intervention.

我們有一個大膽的計畫， 要將我們的干涉規模再擴大。

A thousand organizers is not enough.

一千名組織者並不足夠。

GirlTrek is going to create the next Citizenship School.

GirlTrek 將要創立 下一間公民學校。

And in doing so, we will train 10,000 frontline health activists

這麼做之後，我們將會訓練

一萬名前線健康行動主義者，

and deploy them into the highest-need communities in America.

將他們部署到美國 有高度需求的社區。

Because when we do, we will disrupt disease;

因為我們這麼做就能夠瓦解疾病；

we will create a new culture of health.

我們會創造出健康的新文化。

And what we will do is create a support system

我們要做的是創造一個支援系統，

for one million Black women to walk to save their own lives.

支持一百萬名黑人女性走出來， 拯救她們自己的性命。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

And our training is unparalleled.

我們的訓練是空前未有的。

I just want you to imagine.

請各位試著想像。

It's like a revival, tent-like festival,

它就像帳篷式的復興節慶，

not unlike the civil rights movement teach-ins.

不像公民權運動座談會。

And we're going to go all across the country.

我們打算要行遍全國。

It is the biggest announcement this week:

這星期最重大的宣佈是：

Vanessa and I and a team of masterful teachers,

凡妮莎和我，還有一個 出色教師組成的團隊，

all to culminate next year,

明年會將活動推廣到極至，

on sacred ground,

在神聖的土地上，

in Selma, Alabama,

在阿拉巴馬州的塞爾瑪市，

to create a new annual tradition that we are calling "Summer of Selma."

創造一個新的年度傳統，

我們稱之為「塞爾瑪的夏天」。

VG: Summer of Selma will be an annual pilgrimage

凡：塞爾瑪的夏天將成為 一年一度的朝聖之旅，

that will include a walk --

包含一段健行——

54 miles,

五十四英里，

the sacred route from Selma to Montgomery.

從塞爾瑪到蒙哥馬利的神聖路線。

It will also include rigorous training.

其中會包含嚴格的訓練。

Picture it,

想像一下，

as women come to learn organizing and recruitment strategies,

女性們來學習組織和招募的策略，

to study exercise science,

來研讀運動科學，

to take nutrition classes,

來上營養課程，

to learn storytelling,

來學習說故事，

to become certified as outdoor trip leaders

成為有認證的戶外旅行領隊

and community advocates.

以及社區倡導者的模樣。

TMD: This is going to be unprecedented.

T：這將會是前所未見的。

It's going to be a moment in time like a cultural institution,

這將會是個像文化習俗一樣的時刻，

and in fact,

事實上，

it's going to be the Woodstock of Black Girl Healing.

它將會是黑人女孩療癒的 胡士托音樂節。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

(Applause)

（掌聲）

VG: And the need --

凡：而這個需求——

it's more urgent than ever.

比以往都更迫切。

We are losing our communities' greatest resource.

我們正在失去 我們社區最好的資源。

Black women are dying in plain sight.

很明顯黑人女性在死去。

And not only is no one talking about it,

不僅沒有人在談論這件事，

but we refuse to acknowledge

我們還拒絕承認

that the source of this crisis is rooted in the same injustice

這場危機的源頭 其實根植在不公平上，

that first propelled the civil rights movement.

最初也正是這種不公平， 策動了民權運動。

On December 30 of 2017,

2017 年 12 月 30 日，

Erica Garner,

艾瑞卡·加納──

the daughter of Eric Garner,

她的父親艾瑞克·加納

a Black man who died on the streets of New York

是在紐約街頭

被警方鎖喉而死的黑人。

from a police choke hold,

passed away of a heart attack.

12月 30 日艾瑞卡因心臟病發死亡。

Erica was just 27 years old,

她死時只有二十七歲，

the mother of two children.

是兩個孩子的媽媽。

She would be one of 137 Black women that day --

那天有 137 名黑人女性， 她只是其中之一

more than 50,000 in the last year --

──去年總共有超過五萬名──

to die from a heart-related issue,

因為心臟相關問題而過世，

many of their hearts broken from trauma.

其中有許多人的心臟 是因為創傷而損壞。

The impacts of stress on Black women

黑人女性承受很大的壓力，

who send their children and spouses out the door each day,

她們每天送孩子和丈夫出門，

unsure if they will come home alive;

不確定他們是否能活著回家；

who work jobs where they are paid 63 cents to every dollar paid to white men;

同樣的工作，白人拿 1 美元， 他們只能拿 0.63 美元；

who live in communities with crumbling infrastructure

她們所居住的社區 基礎建設都損壞了；

with no access to fresh fruits or vegetables;

她們無法取得新鮮的水果或蔬菜；

with little to no walkable or green spaces --

沒有或幾乎沒有 可以散步的綠色空間。

the impact of this inequality is killing Black women

這種不平等的影響 在殺害黑人女性，

at higher and faster rates than any other group in the country.

讓她們的死亡率比全國其他族群 都還要高，並更快速增加。

But that is about to change.

但這點將會改變。

It has to.

必須要改變。

TMD: So let me tell you a story.

T：讓我告訴各位一個故事。

About three weeks ago --

大約三週前——

many of you may have watched --

在座許多人可能有看到——

Vanessa and I and a team of 10 women walked 100 miles

凡妮莎和我以及十位女性 組成的團隊，走了一百英里，

on the actual Underground Railroad.

真的沿著地下鐵路行走。

We did it in five days --

我們花了五天走完——

five long and beautiful days.

漫長且美好的五天。

And the world watched.

全世界看著。

Three million people watched the live stream.

三百萬人觀看線上直播。

Some of you in here, the influencers, shared the story.

在座有些人，有影響力的人， 分享了這個故事。

Urban Radio blasted it across the country.

廣播 Urban Radio 讓它延燒到全國。

VG: Even the E! News channel interrupted a story about the Kardashians --

V：甚至 E! News 新聞頻道 都打斷了名流卡戴珊家族的報導——

which, if you asked us, is just a little bit of justice --

如果問我們的話，我們會說 這只是一點點正義——

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

to report that GirlTrek had made it safely on our hundred-mile journey.

來報導 GirlTrek 安全完成了 一百英里的旅程。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

TMD: People were rooting for us.

T：大家在為我們加油。

And they were rooting for us because in this time of confusion and contention,

他們為我們加油，是因為 在這個混亂、爭吵的時代，

this journey allowed us all to reflect on what it meant to be American.

這趟旅程讓我們所有人 得以反思身為美國人的意義。

We saw America up close and personal as we walked.

我們在行走時，近距離 且親自看到了美國。

We walked through historic towns,

我們走過了歷史性的小鎮，

through dense forest,

走過濃密的森林，

past former plantations.

穿越過去的農園。

And one day,

有一天，

we walked into a gas station that was also a café,

我們走進一間加油站， 它同時也是間咖啡廳，

and it was filled with men.

裡面都是男人。

They were wearing camo and had hunting supplies.

他們穿著迷彩服， 帶著打獵的用品。

And out front were all of their trucks, and one had a Confederate flag.

店門前都是他們的卡車， 其中一台有南部聯盟的旗幟。

And so we left the establishment.

所以我們離開了那個地方。

And as we were walking along this narrow strip of road,

當我們沿著一條狹長的路行走時，

a few of the trucks reared by us so close,

有幾台卡車從後面 靠近我們，靠得非常近，

and out of their tailpipe was the specter of mob violence.

從他們的排氣管排放出來的， 是恐怖的暴民暴力。

It was unnerving.

那狀況很讓人緊張。

But then it happened.

但後來發生了一件事。

Right on the border of Maryland and Delaware,

就在馬里蘭和德拉威的州際，

we saw a man standing by his truck.

我們看到一名男子站在他的卡車旁。

The tailgate was down.

車斗的後擋板放下來了。

He had on a brown jacket.

他穿著褐色的夾克。

He was standing there awkwardly.

他很笨拙地站在那裡。

The first two girls in our group, Jewel and Sandria,

我們最前面的兩名女孩， 茱兒和珊卓亞，

they walked by because he looked suspicious.

她們走過去，因為那名男子 看來很可疑。（笑聲）

(Laughter)

But the bigger group, we stopped to give him a chance.

但我們人更多，所以我們 停下來給他一個機會。

And he walked up to us and he said,

他走向我們，他說：

"Hi, my name is Jake Green.

「嗨，我是杰克·葛林。

I heard you on Christian radio this morning,

今天早上我從基督教 電台聽到妳們的事，

and God told me to bring you supplies."

上帝叫我帶補給品給妳們。」

He brought us water,

他帶給我們的東西有水、

he brought us granola,

格蘭諾拉燕麥捲，他還帶了面紙。

and he brought us tissue.

And we needed tissue because we had just walked through a nor'easter;

我們需要面紙， 因為我們剛穿過東北風；

it was 29 degrees, it was sleeting on our faces.

那時只有華氏二十九度， 凍雨下在我們的臉上。

Our sneakers and our socks were frozen and wet and frozen again.

我們的球鞋和襪子都冰凍了， 又被打濕，又再次冰凍。

We needed that tissue more than he could have possibly understood.

我們對面紙的需要程度 遠超過他能理解的範圍。

So on that day, in that moment,

所以，那天，那一刻，

Jake Green renewed my faith in God for sure,

杰克·葛林讓我 恢復了對上帝的信念，

but he renewed my faith in humanity.

不只如此，他也還讓我 恢復了對人性的信心。

We have a choice to make.

我們必須要做一個選擇。

In America, we can fall further into the darkness of discord, or not.

在美國，我們可以進一步陷落到 爭吵的黑暗當中，或不要這麼做。

And I am here to tell you

我在此告訴各位，GirlTrek 的女性

that the women of GirlTrek are walking through the streets

帶著不會熄滅的光走過街道。

with a light that cannot be extinguished.

VG: They are also walking through the streets with a mission

V：她們走在街上時， 也帶著一個使命，

as clear and as powerful as the women who marched in Montgomery:

和蒙哥馬利遊行的女性們 一樣清楚且強大的使命：

that disease stops here,

疾病就到此為止，

that trauma stops here.

創傷就到此為止。

And with your support

在你們的支持下，

and in our ancestors' footsteps,

追隨我們祖先的腳步，

these 10,000 newly trained activists will launch the largest health revolution

這一萬名新訓練出來的行動主義者

將會發動這個國家史上 最大的健康革命。

this country has ever seen.

And they will return to their communities and model the best of human flourishing.

她們會返回到她們的社區， 為人類繁榮做最好的典範。

And we --

我們——

we will all celebrate.

我們所有人將會慶祝。

Because like Jake Green understood,

因為就像杰克·葛林所領會的，

our fates are intertwined.

我們的命運交織在一起。

Septima Clark once said,

塞普蒂馬·克拉克曾經說過：

"The air has finally gotten to a place where we can breathe it together."

「我們終於有了能夠 一起呼吸的空氣。」

And yet,

而同時，

the haunting last words of Eric Garner were: "I can't breathe."

艾瑞克·加納讓人難以忘懷的 最後遺言是：「我無法呼吸。」

And his daughter Erica died at 27 years old,

他的女兒艾瑞卡二十七歲就過世，

still seeking justice.

死前仍然在尋求正義。

So we --

所以我們——我們將繼續 延續塞普蒂馬的工作，

we're going to keep doing Septima's work

until her words become reality,

直到她的話成真，

until Black women are no longer dying,

直到黑人女性不再死去，

until we can all breathe the air together.

直到我們都能一起呼吸空氣。

Thank you.

謝謝。

(Applause)

（掌聲）